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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Arles.
(c) Calais.
(d) Le Havre.

2. What are the mugs made of that Aunt Hespa serves milk in after Marguerite's ordeal in the channel saving the cows?
(a) Glass.
(b) Wood.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Pewter.

3. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?
(a) Her uncle's wedding ring and her grandmother's watch.
(b) Her grandmother's ring and her uncle's photograph.
(c) A button of her uncle's and a brooch of her grandmother's.
(d) One of her uncle's buttons and her grandmother's plain gold ring.

4. What is a bound-out girl?
(a) A girl who is sent to boarding school.
(b) A girl who runs errands for a family.
(c) A girl who works as a servant in exchange for room and board.
(d) A girl who travels with families in need.

5. What is a dory?
(a) A tool.
(b) A bird.
(c) A large ship.
(d) A small boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?

2. When Marguerite is awoken by the storm, what is the first thing she does?

3. Who is Jerusha?

4. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?

5. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?

(see the answer key)

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